Gluggaveður Morgenfrisk 7

Gluggaveður Morgenfrisk 7 will be the seventh edition of Gluggaveður Morgenfrisk, the music contest that is going to select the Lazani entry for Maia Song Contest 9. For the first time since it’s inception Gluggaveður Morgenfrisk will serve as a National selection for Lazanistan. The show will be hosted in MagdArena in Matildefjord.

Format
The selection of the competing entries for the national final and ultimately the Lazani entry will take place over three stages. The first stage will consist of three televised semi-finals to be held in April 2017, which will feature eight acts competing in each show. Two acts will be selected to advance from each semi-final based on the 50/50 combination of votes from a public televote and an expert jury. The second stage will be the final on TBA and will feature the six qualifying acts from the semi-finals and the winner of the online wildcard selection. The two songs with the most votes via the 50/50 combination of votes from a public televote and an expert and an international jury will advance to Gold Final where the act that win’s the televote is going to represent Lazanistan in Maia Song Contest 9.

The expert jury that will vote during the shows will consist of: King Francisco I was announced as the executive producer of the competition, while Princess Matilde of Matildefjord was assigned as the project manager.
 * King Francisco I – King and Lazanistan’s HoD and also executive producer of the show.
 * Senta-Sofia Deliponti – Singer and the most successful entry of Lazanistan in Maia Song Contest
 * Roger Smith – comedian, singer and most known impersonator in Lazanistan.

At a press conference on 16 March 2017, King Francisco I announced that Sarah Schauer, Clara Henry and Kjetil Mørland were the hosts for all two shows of Gluggaveður Morgenfrisk 7.